The feature in the Blade stated early on that “one man, a train crewman switching trains, said that he was approached from behind and was struck on the shoulder”. If you’d like to read the articles though, I have links to them in the Essential Web Links section of the show notes. The first article, titled “ Werewolf case in Defiance not viewed lightly by police”, written by James Stegall, used direct quotes from the witnesses to report the incident, although there are some inconsistencies even within this one article. The main sources used for the story are the articles published in the Toledo Blade on August 03, 1972. Described as a man with an animal’s head, or like an upright wolf.“Ran from side to side like a caveman in movies” – Toledo Blade.Bipedal, but was often seen hunched over.Barefoot with large hairy paws and claws.Wearing dark blue jeans and a dark coloured shirt.While the police were not convinced that the assailant was a half-man half-dog creature, they did believe that there was likely somebody going around in a mask or costume trying to scare people.ĭescriptions of the Dogman from various sightings describes it as: The unusual thing that sets this sighting apart from other cryptid sightings of dogmen and werewolves was that these encounters were reported in newspapers and taken seriously by the police. A few frenzied reports of possible werewolf activity later and then just as suddenly as it started, the werewolf fever died down and the reports stopped. Once the story got out, people started feeling like the werewolf was behind every corner. These accounts were reported in two local newspapers, The Toledo Blade and Defiance Crescent-News. A grocery worker was driving home late one night when a large dog-like creature ran across the road in front of him. Less than a week after the initial encounter, a third sighting occurred. The men reported these incidents to the local police, who began an investigation. The thing ran away when it was seen and the men heard a scream coming from a nearby road in the direction that the creature had bolted. This time it was at a distance and they saw the beast crawling through some bushes. The creature struck Davis on the shoulder before running off into the woods.Ī few days later, on July 30th, Both Ted Davis and another railroad worker, Tom Jones, spotted the creature again. He raised his eyes and saw a huge, hairy creature, 6-8 feet tall, hunched over slightly and wielding a large wooden board. He was working when he spotted two large, hairy paws on the ground in front of him. Railroad worker Ted Davis was on the Norfolk and Western train tracks near fifth street on July 25th when he encountered the creature. The story of the dogman of Defiance is always told in much the same way. It was here where rumours of a man beast started circling in the summer of 1972. The town has a punk rock band named after it, Defiance, Ohio, and the City of Defiance website describes the town as “a great place to live”. Notable people from Defiance include a 24-time World Horshoe Champion and actress Michelle Burke, who played Connie Conehead in the 1993 movie Coneheads. The town enjoys warm summers and freezing, snowy winters. What he will later tell the police he saw will spark a brief but intense bout of hysteria in the small town of Defiance.ĭefiance, Ohio, is located around 50 miles south of Toledo. The moon is nearly full and a railroad worker is connecting up train cars when he spots two huge, hairy paws on the ground and looks up. If you like this weird story and podcast be sure to check out the site for more. (8-4-22) Defiance Ohio is a small town that reported a rash of werewolf sightings in the early 1970’s, and it’s a legend that still persists to this day.ĭarren Marler’s website – https: and podcast recently featured a story from the Stateline area- Defiance
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